-tee

The ending -tee says that something belongs to its owner alone. It is stressed.

• chembaʼe “mine” gives chembaʼetee “truly mine, my very own”.
• ñanembaʼe “ours” gives ñanembaʼetee “truly ours”.
• hetã “his country” gives hetãtee “his own country”.

The ending joins the word before it, which is a possessive word or a noun that already names its owner. Estigarribia once writes tee apart (ore resa tee “our own eyes”), but joined is the form used here, as in his examples chembaʼetee and hetãtee.

Use it to make clear that something belongs to that person and to nobody else. Tahaʼe jepe hetãtee “even if it is his own country” shows it in a legal sentence.